The Legal Aid Society is available to provide free legal assistance with tax law issues, such as

Debts owed to the Internal Revenue Service

Representation if you are being audited

Eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit

Eligibility for the Child Tax Credit

Eligibility for Innocent Spouse Relief

Misclassification of employees as “independent contractors”

Tax refund “intercepts”

How to schedule an appointment

Please call us at (502) 584-1254 to schedule your first appointment. We accept intake calls Monday through Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Appointments are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and during evening hours by request.

We are located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, at 416 West Muhammad Ali Blvd., Suite 300, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. Click here for directions to our office.

Documents to bring with you

We will need to see any letters or documents sent to you by the Internal Revenue Service as well as photocopies of your previous tax returns. Please bring these papers with you when you come in for your first appointment. If you have not kept copies of your tax papers, we will order printouts of your tax record from the IRS.

Eligibility for tax clinic services

Legal services are provided free of charge by Legal Aid Society staff attorneys and volunteer tax attorneys. Your eligibility for free services will be based on income ceilings that change annually. Click here to view program eligibility guidelines.

Services for non English speaking clients

If you do not speak English, we will provide an interpreter at your appointment, in accordance with federal law.

The tax clinic is funded by both local and federal grants, including a nominal grant from the Internal Revenue Service. This funding does not affect legal representation provided by the tax clinic. The clinic is not part of the Internal Revenue Service. The clinic does not generally provide tax return preparation services.